💥New: Distributed Peer Review – How the wisdom of the crowd can allocate grant funding ✍️ Melanie Benson Marshall, Anna Butters, @stephenpinfield.bsky.social @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy #PeerReview #PRW25 #ResearchPolicy

Our @cwts.nl PhD candidate Narmin Rzayeva chose to submit her most recent article, co-authored with @stephenpinfield.bsky.social and me, to MetaROR. The article presents an analysis of the adoption of preprinting across disciplines and regions. Glad to see the feedback provided by two reviewers!

Should we be doing less peer review? As research output grows, many question how much peer review the system can sustain. RoRI's @ludowaltman.bsky.social: “We need to ask ourselves whether there really is a need for all research outputs to be peer reviewed.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Are scientists citing papers without reading them? #scientificpublishing #AcademicChatter #peerreview @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...

Very grateful to all colleagues in the metascience community who dropped by at the @metaror.bsky.social stand at the recent #Metascience2025 conference. Glad to see the overwhelming interest in the MetaROR platform! metaror.org @rorinstitute.bsky.social @aimosinc.bsky.social @cwts.nl

New article in @nature.com covering RoRI's recent study of 100,000+ grant applicants across 14 funding programmes, shedding new light on the Matthew effect in science: how early funding success can compound over a researcher's career - www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Lots of debate in the publishing world about the merits of commercial hosting vs self-hosting vs new-gen open infrastructure. Sunsetting of PubPub is a cautionary tale www.linkedin.com/posts/gabest...

Excellent report by EUA: www.eua.eu/publications...

Glad to see how various data providers are working on improving the quality of their article-preprint matching, partly based on insights provided by @katiecorker.bsky.social and myself. Hopefully we will soon see the concrete effects of this!

A fresh conversation about the future of open access OASPA, in collaboration with @researchconsulting.bsky.social has released a Next 50% project-primer that frames a fresh conversation about the future of open access. Visit the post bit.ly/3Se3akr for full details, including the primer & survey #OA

To accelerate the sharing of scientific knowledge, researchers increasingly publish their work on preprint servers. In our latest blog post, @ludowaltman.bsky.social, Narmin Rzayeva and @stephenpinfield.bsky.social discuss the state of preprinting in Europe and the Netherlands. 👇 Read it now

We are pleased to announce we have a shiny new website with @kcommons.bsky.social and fresh new logo! MORPHSS is ready to roll. Please share. 😊 @theul.bsky.social @camdighum.bsky.social morphss.hcommons.org

JOIN US! Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity on Preprints and Open Peer Review. Multi-year project. Come with work @nataschachtena.bsky.social, @mariomalicki.bsky.social, me, and the rest of #ScholCommLab. Apply by May 23rd! bit.ly/SCLpostdoc2025 Please share widely!

1/5🧵After a long trip through peer review limbo, our paper on inclusion and public participation in Open Science policy is finally out! 📖 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

Preprinting helps accelerate dissemination of scientific knowledge. To what extent do researchers adopt preprinting? How does this vary by discipline and region? Together with Narmin Rzayeva and @stephenpinfield.bsky.social, I just published article answering these questions. osf.io/preprints/so...

This forthcoming hybrid event at @sheffielduni.bsky.social on 21st May will bring together experts to explore the challenges & opportunities in fostering more equitable publication models. More info and booking links on the page below: #OpenAccess #OpenResearch #AcademicSky

Thanks to David Bawden & @lynrobinson.bsky.social for their review doi.org/10.55741/knj... of my book, ‘Achieving global open access’ doi.org/10.4324/9781... “recommended for anyone seeking an insightful analysis of the current problems of global open access, and thoughts...[on] future solutions”

Papers mills and other manipulative practices are major problem in scientific publishing system. Addressing this problem requires in-depth system-level understanding of dynamics leading to these practices. At @cwts.nl we have PhD position to work on this! www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/vacancies...

I just published a blog post arguing that the reform movements for research assessment and scientific publishing need to better align their agendas. This is crucial for the success of both movements. www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/ass... @leidenmadtrics.bsky.social

On April 2 my @rorinstitute.bsky.social colleagues @stephenpinfield.bsky.social and André Brasil will talk about the recently launched @metaror.bsky.social platform. Sign up now for this webinar organized by RoR Registry and Hub! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/metaror-me... @aimosinc.bsky.social @cwts.nl

📅 Want to learn more about MetaROR and its publish, review, curate model of scholarly communication? Join @stephenpinfield.bsky.social and André Brasil for this webinar on 2 April at 10:00 BST!

We're advertising for a postdoctoral research associate to work on this exciting new project www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD201/r... Come and join the team exploring open research practices in the humanities and social sciences information-studies.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-...

We're advertising another postdoc on @morphss.bsky.social. This is a two-year position at Sheffield working on open research practices in the social sciences (particularly data sharing) with @stephenpinfield.bsky.social Please share! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD201/r...

🔥 Hot off the press! 🔥 Are preprints reshaping journal publishing—or being absorbed into it? Our new paper in JDoc examines the dynamics at play! 👀 With @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca, @stephenpinfield.bsky.social, @fleerackers.bsky.social, & Irene Pasquetto 📖 doi.org/10.1108/JD-0... (1/🧵)

Very excited about this partnership between STI-ENID2025 and #MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review), the open peer review platform set up by @aimosinc.bsky.social and @rorinstitute.bsky.social! Looking forward to working together with @gemmaderrick.bsky.social and Neil Jacobs at University of Bristol.

Last Tuesday an opinion piece authored by me and a number of great colleagues was published on the @force11.bsky.social #Upstream blog. Our piece introduces criteria for innovation-friendly bibliographic databases doi.org/10.54900/d3c.... @cwts.nl

"much to celebrate when it comes to developments in scholarly communication...preprint[s], open peer review, interest in more equitable models...[but] too often [bibliographic] databases hinder innovation rather than support it" upstream.force11.org/criteria-for...

'Upon accepting NIH funding, recipients grant to NIH the right to make Author Accepted Manuscripts resulting from the funding publicly available in PubMed Central upon the Official Date of Publication' Rights retention baked into the new US federal OA policy. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Are you a leader in learned society publishing? We want to hear from you! Participate in our new survey to share your insights on the challenges and opportunities ahead. 💡📈 #ScholarlyPublishing #LearnedSocieties #Survey https://buff.ly/3VESZaB

These are stellar recommendations sourced from the community. While it's hard to tell the impact the goals may have & who will try to meet them - it will incredibly useful to reference. #openaccess

The peer review system is broken - a different approach is needed 💡 Kathryn Zeiler, @stephenpinfield.bsky.social and Ludo Waltman write about how increased transparency in the review process could speed scientific progress: theconversation.com/the-peer-rev...

This is proving to be a really insightful project. A must read if your organisation is getting to grips with narrative CVs as part of implementing more responsible and robust approaches to research assessment.

#preprint starter pack. I'm still adding names, if you're missing give me a shout. Currently a life sci focus. go.bsky.app/Mow9TXt

A starter pack on #openscience. Just some of the great researchers and experts I follow around here who are promoting open science/scholarship/research: go.bsky.app/U46tU6

Absolute shots fired. From: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360319924043957 #Science #academia #peerreview #research

MetaROR (MetaResearch Open Review) is a new open platform designed to transform how we review and share metaresearch using the publish-review-curate model. Developed by @rorinstitute.bsky.social and @aimosinc.bsky.social, and due for launch on 21 Nov. researchonresearch.org/metaror-laun...

Reminder about this role (that is now correctly categorised under Media and Communications rather than Anthropology) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKG980/r...

I'm hiring a postdoc at Cambridge to work on a new research project on open research in the humanities and social sciences. Starting in February for three years. Please share! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48788/

So great to gather with people from all over the world to hear the latest about RoRI’s metascience research and plan for the future. Some great things coming v soon! Sorry to miss the last day but I have to head home and my brain is stuffed.

The University of Sheffield’s Annual Open Research Lecture 2024 is coming up! ‘Achieving Global Open Access: The Need for Scientific, Epistemic & Participatory Openness’, will be delivered by @stephenpinfield.bsky.social on 5th December, 3-4pm. Details here: www.sheffield.ac.uk/openresearch...

Next Friday, @marcellaflamme.bsky.social & I are moderating an online discussion with @stephenpinfield.bsky.social on his book, *Achieving Global Open Access: The Need for Scientific, Epistemic and Participatory Openness* (library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...). Register here: zoom.us/meeting/regi...